On Wednesday April 13, at 12:00 noon in Room 102 of the Crawford Building, Marie Baker, a Security Analyst at Carnegie Mellon University's Software Engineering Institute/Computer Emergency Response Team (SEI/CERT) will present "Know Your Enemy -- The State of Hacking." Topics will include the state of hacking, data breach statistics, cyber crime, cyber terrorism and tools of the trade.
Penn State Greater Allegheny students will highlight their research projects at the campus Student Research Conference. Student work will be displayed in the Ostermayer Room of the Student Community Center from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 14. (Download the program)
Dr. Alina Bodea will speak on "Making sense of 'the Romanian orphans' phenomenon in post '89 Romania. A view from the ground," on Thursday April 7.
A resident of Pittsburgh for the past 10 years, Alina Bodea earned her MD degree in Romania just a year before the collapse of Ceausescu's repressive regime. She continued working in clinical medicine until the end of 1990 when she joined the emerging non-governmental sector and became active in programs for institutionalized children.
On Thursday, March 31, from 12:15-1:30 p.m., Douglas M. Charles, assistant professor of history at Penn State Greater Allegheny, will make speak on the FBI and human rights.
The high and increasing costs of textbooks and materials at the college level has spurred Penn State Greater Allegheny to take direct action. Using about $20,000 of proceeds from the 2010 All That's Jazz fundraiser and charitable donations, a new Textbook Support Fund has been established to assist students with the cost of these items.
On Tuesday, April 5, Penn State Greater Allegheny students and alumni will join other Penn Staters from across the Commonwealth for Penn State Capital Day in Harrisburg.
JeanMarie Jacob, area representative for education and training at Penn State Greater Allegheny JeanMarie Jacob, area representative for education and training at Penn State Greater Allegheny
On Tuesday, March 22, from 12:15-1:30 p.m., Mary C. Burke will make a presentation in the Ostermayer Room of the Student Community Center exploring the topic of modern-day slavery. The event is open to the campus and the public. Burke is a faculty member in the Psychology Department at Carlow University in Pittsburgh, where she is the director for the doctoral program in counseling psychology. During the summer months, Burke serves as affiliate faculty in the Department of Counseling and Human Services at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
The Alumni Society is a constituent society of the Penn State Alumni Association. In an effort to maintain the tradition and academic excellence that makes Penn State one of the nation's top-rated universities, the Alumni Society created three annual scholarships for students attending Penn State Greater Allegheny. Each of these awards was established to provide recognition and financial assistance to a deserving current degree student that has met the requirements for each award.
Penn State Greater Allegheny junior guard Darius Prince was recently named the United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA) All-American in basketball at a ceremony at Nemacolin Woodlands. Prince is among ten student athletes selected for first team from USCAA schools coast to coast. He is the first basketball player in the school's history to receive this honor. Prince averaged 22.5 points per game and was named USCAA Honorable mention All-American for the 2009-10 season.